Thought

I’ve realized there’s a real need for computer science folks to understand the financial world. I was never into finance — until around last September, when I suddenly felt I had to learn it.

My previous employer asked me to raise an invoice for my payouts. It was my first time, and honestly, I was nervous — worried I’d mess something up. Everything went fine… until I got paid and noticed about 10% missing. When I asked the CEO, he explained it was deducted as income tax, and that I could claim it back at the end of the financial year. That’s when it hit me: you really do need to know this stuff.

Also, this article explains finance using graph structures in a super intuitive way — highly recommend giving it a read: https://martin.kleppmann.com/2011/03/07/accounting-for-computer-scientists.html

Definitely worth it!